Transporting system.



No. 886,472. PATENTED MAY 5, 1908.

' H. G. BROWN. TRANSBORTING SYSTEM. v

APPLICATION TILED MAB. 8. 1907.

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PATENTED MAY H. G} BROWN. TRANSPORTING SYSTEM.

APPLIUATION FILED MAILB. 1907.

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H. G. BROWN. TRANSPORTING SYSTEM. APPLICATION FILED HA1?- 8, 1907 qfvi'h-xcoaeq PATENTED MAY 5, 1908.

H. G. BROWN.

TRANSPORTING SYSTEM.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.8.1907.

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TRANSPORTING SYSTEM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented m 5, 1908.

Application filed March 8', 1907. Serial No. 361,366.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HI BERT Gnonou? BROWN, of the city of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Transporting Systems;and 1 do hereby declare that the following is a full,'clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates particularly to the transportation of grain, coal, ore and the like, and it has for its object to facilitate the i transportation of such loose commodities and enable them to be received and discharged with greater despatch..,

The invention may be said, briefly, to consist of a plurality of members coupled to travel together and each provided with a receiving device, the devices of each contiguous pair of members communicating with one another and being adapted, when the coupled members are caused to pass a point ot'dclivery, to receive the commodity and guide it into the interior of t-he'members; while the intercommunicating portions of the said rcceivers when in the act of'passing the deliverypoint guide the commodity consecutively into the member last filled and the next to'be filled, thus enabling all the members tobe filled successively Without checking the flow of the grain, coal, ore orother commodity.

A further feature ofthe invention consists of a particular construction of a railroad car whereby the same can be utilized either asan ordinary freight car, a car for the transportation of horses orcattle, or a grain car.

For full comprehension, however, of my invention, reference must be had to the ac companving drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar reference char 1 acters indicate'thc same parts and wherein Figure l is a perspective view of a pair of combined grain and freight cars coupled together and provided with my invention; Fi

l is a perspective view of the abutting ends.

of a pair of covers closing the receiving device of one oi the cars; Figs. 3 and 4 are perspective VIGVS Of the contiguous ends ot a pair of the covers, separated; Fig. 5 is a per: 1 spective view oi the interioroi one of the i cars, the roof'being removed; Fig. 6 a plan view of the bottom of a car with the permanent end floor sections'and some of the trap doors removed; Figs, 1 dinal and transverse vertical sectional views respectively of the bottom ofmy improved ca'r taken on lines AA and B B upon the and '8 are longitu- 1 1 respective figures; Fig. 9 is a detail perspecthe means for operating thesame; Fig. 10 illustrates the means for locking the door operating means; Fig; 11 is aperspeotive view of the handle for operating the said 1 means; Fig. 12 is a detail elevation of the l hearings in which are mounted the shafts for l supporting the means for operating the doors; Fig. 13 is a detail view of the means for opening and closing the doors; Fig. 14 is a detail side elevation of the door operating means 1 and the guard plates for protecting the same; l5 and 16 are detail views of one of the 'hinge bearing brackets; Fig. 17 is a detail 1 view illustrating the means for supporting l the upper grain door in its raised position.

The embodiment of my invention 1 am ;about to describe consists of an ordinary freight can with the invention adapted therej-to. I do not however limit myself to such i a construction as the new pi'inciple can be applied with advantage to 0t er types of car Thereof b of the car a is formed with an 1 I l l'e'longated hatch-d extending from within a short distance of one end to within a short distance of the other end of such roof, this hatch having a pair of covers a c. hinged at i one side to one side of the hatch and pro- 2 vided with a rim f adapted to fit over the l latter for the purpose of preventing leakage l of rain, or water from melting snow into the i car. The contiguous end. edges of these 1 covers are made rain proof by providing one end with a plate curved upwardly as at g to i receive the downwardly bent edge 1')- of a second plate secured to the other cover. 1

in the'plate g and conducted over each side edge of the hatch while the comparatively loose lit of the plates allows for the expansion and contraction of the covers. The opposite ends of the hatch are provided with thereof and with their free ends beveled as at 'm at an angleto lie flat against a like chute carried by the batch of an adjoining car. l These chutes are constructed to fit into the hatch and have the covers close over and protect them. p

The car is intended to be filled t" i hatches and to facilitate unloading i vent access of the grain. or the like, to the tive view illustrating the dumping doors and When these covers are closedwater falling between the contiguous edges thereof will be mught chutes lr hinged at one end to the inside handles 21, and two pairs of'countershafts' either raise the same-and retain them closed 111g brackets 35 (Fig. 12) secured. to the undoor spaces the bottom of the car is. preferablv divided into three main sections, viz:

the end sections 2, 2, beneath which the usual trucks (not shown) are located, and the intervening section is subdivided into, preferably, twelve hoppers 3, by longitudinal angular members .formed by supporting three series'of pairs of oppositely inclined 3 upon the usual transverse stringers of the car. Ifdesired this particular arrangement of hoppers can be varied but, however the arrangement, it is advantageous to divide the hopper space and consequently the load and transmit a larger proportion of the latter to the sides and ends of the car frame. The mouths of these hoppers are controlled by gravity drop trap doors 15 hinged (as at 16) at their sides, and the doors on each side of the center are collectively controlled independently of the doors on the other side. The means for operating thesedoorsconsists of a pair of main shafts 20, operated by crank 22 with arms 23 mounted at one end of these arms, rigidly thereon and having anti-friction rollers 24 in their free ends adaptedto act upon the underside of. the doors and or be'depressed and allow the doors to open. One counter shaft 22 of each pair has a worm wheel 26 (Fig. 7) mounted rigidlythereon and driven by a worm 27.upon the main driving shaft 20, and in order to have the doors of each series operate in unison I dispose the corresponding levers for the respective'doors in close proximity to one another and form the base of each with gear teeth 30 adapted to intermesh with the teeth of the other; one of the counter shafts of each pair serving solely a support for and does not l operate the arms mounted thereon, the latter being as above pointed out connected operatively direct to their companion arms. The

- catches, engaged thereby,

supporting the doors 50 thus main and counter-shaft are carried in. bee-r derside of the-car. This grain car is con vertible into a car for the transportation of horses and cattle, or for the transportation of freight generally by, two pairs of end floor members 40 and 41, respective] hinged to I l I I 1 l i l the edges of the floor members 2, 2, and two pairs of side floor members 42 and 43, respectively, hinged to the bottom of the portions of l the sides of the car in which the usual doors 45 (Fig. 1) are set.

The end floor members 40 and 41 are adapted to be swung back and rest diagol nally upon the ends of the car (as shown in. 1 Fig. 5) where they are held by the load in 1 the car, and theside floor members 42 and 43 are adapted to be swung up against the recesses 46 for the purpose.

The upper portions of the door openings are closed by doors50 hinged to the tops of such openings and, when the car isnot being used as a grain carrier, supported close to the roof by latches 51 carried by the doors, and carried by thereof (Fig. 17) while bolts 52 carried also by these doors afford means for locking them in their closed positions.

When. the car is to be used as a grain car the movableend floor sections are thrown back to their diagonal positions, the side fioorsections are shut up against the sides of the'car and locked .in place by bolts 60 carried by the sides-of the-car and fitting intov sockets in these floor sections. The covers are then thrown back andheld in their open positions by chains 61, and the the car throughthe open upper portion of one of the doors'and he then trips the latches same and finally shoots the bolts of the latter on the outside.

69, and the grain or the like is prevented from falling upon the gearing the trap doors, by thetimbers of the car and hanging over such gearing.

This car is particularly adapted-for use with others of its kind as a train for-the transportation of grain, coal, ore, or other loose The outer doors 45 can then i be closed and sealed as usual. 'The series of hoppers communicate with a general hopper v for operating guard plates secured. to

chutes are throwninto position lying against each other, al ter which the trainman leaves dropping the commodities. And when a number of them are coupled together in a train with their covers open and chutes in contiguity, they can be run slowly beneath a delivery member say, for instance, the leg of a grain elevator, and iilled one after another without shutting oil the supply from the time the loading is commenced until the last car of the train is filled. During this loading operation the engine driver is signaled to move the trainalong as the cars are filled. As a car charged to, practically, its full capacity is being moved away and the neXt is following it into position the chutes guide the grain first into one car and then the other, thus allowing of the continuous filling of the whole tram without loss of the commodity as the space between hatches is passing-the point. of delivery.

During transportation 1 the inclined sides of the mouths of the hoppers relieve the-trap doors of almost all the load thereby allowing much lighter gear to be used and preserving the life of the car while allowing the same to be filled. to the fullest capacity;

When the train reaches its destination, the

levers are operated and the gravity trap doors allowed to fall to delivering positions, and the contents of the cars flow out with despatch. If it should be required to deliver a part of a car only the trap doors may be partially opened, and readily closed againrangement, and the end floor sections thrown t sol; the hoppers thus disclosed can be utilas fodder bins and an ideal horse or cattle car is produced.

Whatl claim is as follows LA carrier for grain coal, ore and like loose commodities, comprising a plurality of members coupled to travel together and each provided with a receiving device and means for closing the same; and means for guiding into either receiving device, of a pair of contiguous members the commodity falling in a line between the said members.

A railway train for grain, coa'l, ore, and

like loose substances, comprising a plurality of box cars coupled to travel together and each having a scuttle extending along the middle of its roof, and means for closing the same, the roof and closing means being constructed to when required, present a completely closed roof, and such closing device being adapted when-in open position to act as a chute to guide the substance into the scuttle. i

3. A railway train for grain, coal, ore, and like loose commodities,"comprising a plurality of cars coupled to travel together and each having a receiving device extending along the top thereof and means for closing the said receiving device, and means for guiding into either receiving device, of a pair of contiguous cars, the commodity falling in.

:1 line between the said cars.

a. A railway train for grain, coal, ore, and

lihe loose connnodities,',comprising aplurality of cars coupled to travel together and each having a scuttle in its roof and chutes carried by the scuttles for guiding into either scuttle, of a pair of contiguous cars, the commodity falling in a line between thesaid cars.

A railway train for grain, coal, ore, and

like loose commodities, comprising a plurality of cars coupledtotravel together andeach having a scuttle in its roof and hinged chutes carried by the scuttles forguiding into either scuttle, of,a pair of contiguous cars the commodity falling in a line between the said cars, and a cover for each scuttle and the chutes hinged; therein. 1 a

6. In a grain car, a plurality of spaced transverse and longitudinal members'sup ported at their ends by the side and endmembers of the car and formed to constitute portions of the inclined sides of a plurality of hoppers for the purpose of distributing the load among the said transverse and longitudinal members and side and end members the longitudinal members being disposed one centrally of the width of the'car and the others spaced from and at theopposite sides of the said central member, a plurality of horizontal trap doors hinged to the longitudinal members at the opposite sides of the central member, and means for opening-and closing the said trap doors.

7. In a-grain door, a plurality of spaced transverse and longitudinal members supported at their ends by the side and end members of the car and formed to constitute portions of the inclined sides of a plurality of hoppers for the purpose of distributing the load amon the said transverse and. longitudinal members and side and end members, the longitudinal members being disposed one centrally of;

of the said central: member, a plurality of horizontal trap doors normally in horizontal position and adapted to, when opened, form continuations of the inclined sides of the hoppers, the said doors being hinged to the lon 'tudinal members at the opposite sides of't e.central member, and means for opening and closing the said trap doors 8. A grain car the bottom whereof has a plurality of hoppers therein, trap doors controlling the said hoppers, and means for opening and closing the said trap doors comprisinga mam shaft, two pairs of countershafts, means efiecting an operative-connection betweenthe main shaft and one of the counter-shafts of each pairIaplurality of lever arms mounted rigidly upon each counter shaft and supporting the said trap doors, and

means effecting an operative connection between the-levers on one counter-shaft and those upon the'counter shaft adjacent thereto, and means for operating the main shaft. 9. The combination with a car having a series of floor receptacles, floorings for supporting horses at the opposite ends of the car, end floor memberscovering the portions of. the receptacles ad'acent to the end floorings and hinged to the said fioorings to he swung back and lie diagonally over the latter, and middle floor members between the said hinged end floor members and hinged I to the sides of the car whereby the said car can be converted into a grain car, or ah'orse 11; A car with doors in itssides and having the widthof the car and the, others spaced from and at the opposite sides 10. A car having'a central longitudinal v a hopper bottom; stationary end floor sec- ,tions; movable end floor sections hinged. to"

the said stationarysec'tions; movable side fioor sections hinged to; the side edges, of the bottom and-adapted to be shut upagainst the sides of the car over the lower portions. ofthe doors; thesaid movable end and side floor sections collectively covering the said hopper'bottom; -means securin the said movable sidefloor sections in -t eir raised positions, a central. longitudinal scuttle through which grain,-coal, ore and other loose commodities are received into the car.

12. A car. with doors in its sides and having a hopper bottom; stationary end floor sections; movable end floor sections hin ed to the said stationary floor sections; mova le sidefloor sections hinged to the side edges of the bottom and adapted -to be shut up against the sides of the car over the lower portions of the doors,- the said movable end and side floor-sections collectively covering the said ho er bottom; means securing the said 'movaiie "side floor sections in their r'aisedpositions, grain doors hinged at the I top of the cardoors and adapted .to close the 25 upper portions of-the said car doors; means fasteni g. the said grain doors to the roof; a central ongitndinalscuttle through Which grain, coal, ore and other loose commodities are received into the car, a cover for such scuttle, the said: cover being' hingedto the side of thescuttle andconstructed and arranged to guide the flowing commodity into the said scuttle.

13. A car with doors in its sides, a bottom divided into a pluralityof hoppers; means .cpntrolling the said hoppers; a general hop er with which all of .t c said plurality of oppers communicate; stationary end floor sections; movable end' floor sections hin ed to the said stationary floor section; mova le side floor sections hinged to the side edges of the bottom and adapted to be shut up against the sides of the car over the lower portions of the doors'fthe said movable end and side floor sectionscollectively covering the said hopper bottom; and means securing the said movable side floor sections in their raised pos1t1ons.

14. A car with doors in its sides, a bottom divided into a plurality of hoppers; means controlling the; said hoppers; a. general hop per with which all of the said plurality of h'o' 2 ers communicate; stationary end floor see one; movable endifioor sections hinged to the sa d statlonary floor sectlons; mov- I I p two subscribing witnesses.

able end and side floor sections collectively close the upper portions of the said car doors means fastening the said grain doors to the roof, and means through which grain, coal, ore and other loose commodlties are re- -ceived into the car. A

15. A car with doors in its sides and having a hopper bottom; stationary end floor sections; movable end floor sections hinged to the said stationary floor sections; movable side floor sections hinged to the side edges of the bottom and adapted to be shut up against the sides. of the car over the lower portions of the doors the said movable end and side floor sections collectively covering the said hopper bottom; means securing the said movable side floor sections in their raised. positions, and a scuttle in the roof of the car through which grain, coal, ore and other loose commodities are received into the car; chutes hinged in the opposite ends of the scuttle; a two-part cover adaptedto inclose the scuttle and the chute therein, and means preventing the leakage of Water between the parts of the cover.

16. In a grain car having a plurality ofhoppers in its bottdm, longitudinal memberssupporting such hoppers, a plurality of trap operating thetrap doors, brackets supporting. the said trap doors and each of said brackets consisting of a triangular flanged member with its'base arranged in a vertical plane and having an offsetportion arranged to rest upon the longitudinal member, and a bearin in the apex of each bracket.

-17,- n a grain car having a plurality of' hoppers in its bottom, longitudinal members" doors closing the said hoppers, means for,

supporting such hoppers, a plurality of trap doors closing the said ho pers, means for operating the trap doors, v ing the said trap doors and each of the said brackets'cons-isting of a triangular flanged member with its base arranged in a vertical plane and an oflt'se't-por-tion arranged to rest upon the longitudinal member, a bearing in the apex of each bracket, and the inclined rackets supportportion of the bracket above-the bearing exs tending in the same plane as the contiguous sideof the hopper.

In testimonyfwhere'of, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of HUBER-T GEORGE BROWN.- Witnesses:

WILLIAM P. MCFEAT, ARTHUR H. EvANs. 

